Samuel Butler‚ a famed novelist‚ once said “Self preservation is the first law of nature.” Although Benedict Arnold was born nearly a century before Butler‚ he must have held similar beliefs‚ as seen in his actions throughout the course of the American Revolution. The American Revolution began with the egregious debt in Great Britain‚ effects of their participation in the French and Indian War‚ which led to their constant creation of newer and more upsetting taxes in the colonies (Moore‚ Robert J
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1. Outline of the American Dream interpreted in text 1‚ 3 and 4 The first text consists of bunch of interpretations of the American Dream. One of which James Truslow Adams has written‚ The Epic of America‚ states‚ that The American Dream should be a unadulterated success‚ that everyone would be able to achieve it according to their skills and fundamental abilities. That it is not a dream of fast cars and high wages‚ but more a dream‚ where people attain social abilities – having social order and
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Mr. Tom Arnold Kolly is a 50-year-old wheat farmer who loves to wear his dirty and worn out hiking boots. He is a white man with a big mustache and midnight black hair. Mr. Kolly speaks with a southern accent and always wears his old and yellow straw hat with his favorite pair of dirty jeans and suspenders. Since Mr. Kolly hikes and wheat farms‚ he has acquired huge muscles and strong legs. Mr. Kolly lives on a 200-acre property in Topeka Kansas with his auburn-haired wife and three amazing
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Dream my Dream Without dream‚ there can be no courage; without courage‚ there can be no action. What Wim Wenders said indicates the importance of the dream‚ which no one can deny. Most people’s dream is not stable and changes with the time going by‚ but the critical point is that they do have a dream. I’m the person with a dream. I once romantically dreamed to be an excellent diplomat at early age and later‚ I was looking forward to teaching undergraduates in a historical university. But now‚ I’m
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A dream within a dream 1. Good morning today I will be talking about the poem a dream within a dream written by Edgar Allen Poe‚ first published in 1827. The poem is a two stanza lyric poem. The poet asks himself if a person can determine the difference between reality and fantasy by asking " is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream". The poet is reflecting his feelings of the time and exaggerating his confusion as he is watching the important things in his life slip away as if they
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Arnold Spirit “Junior” is the protagonist of our story. Funny‚ smart‚ emotional‚ poor‚ brave‚ persevering‚ all of these are traits that describe Junior. Born at the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit‚ Washington‚ Junior was expected to die during the surgery‚ but miraculously lived. However his brain suffered major brain damage during the surgery which gave him 10 more teeth than usual‚ and seizures. His head was much larger than the usual‚ and his feet were that of a clowns; and as you may
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Matthew Arnold’s famous poem “Dover Beach” contrasts strongly and in many ways with Augustus Toplady’s hymn “If‚ on a Quiet Sea‚” particularly in its attitude toward religious faith. Arnold’s poem expresses great doubts about the future of religion; Toplady’s hymn is a fervent expression of faith. The tone of Arnold’s poem is therefore melancholy‚ while the tone of Toplady’s hymn is optimistic and hopeful. Other contrasts between the two poems‚ especially as they relate to religious faith‚ include
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Throughout the essay‚ “The Origins of Poetry in Langston Hughes” the author‚ Arnold Rampersad‚ makes three very important points. As a whole‚ the essay addresses the evolution of Langston Hughes’ literary works and reveals why Hughes’ poetry changed the way it did. The most prominent point in the essay addresses Hughes’ personal connections with his works. Rampersad stresses the idea that Hughes drew his creativity from his unhappiness. Hughes himself claimed that he wrote best when he was at his
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background music and suggests to the speaker some unspecified‚ unrelenting sadness. To this point (line 14)‚ the poem has been essentially straightforward description. In the second section‚ the speaker (presumably grounded in the classics as Matthew Arnold was) is reminded that the Greek tragic dramatist Sophocles had heard the same sound in the Aegean and it had suggested to him the turbid ebb and flow of human suffering‚ which had been the dominant subject of his plays. (The precise passage referred
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INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION PROJECT DUE: 3.35.2012 Topic: Dreams Attention Getter: It’s midnight and your car broke down right outside of town. Your cell phone is out of range and you have to get home. You grab a flashlight from the trunk and decide to walk to the nearest gas station just a couple miles down the road. There is a very dense nightshade ahead and with every step you seem to get further and further into the eerie darkness. The flashlight starts to go dim and you remember the extra
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